Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-02-18
D. CRANK ANSWERED.
Get Thee to II NunnerY and Out
grow Thy BIgotry.

EDITOR DEMOCRAT: In this mornings
issue of the Salt Lake Herdtd-the adVo,
cate OF antiquarian ideas-there appeared
leader under the caption OF Young
Utah, " in which the Herald editor, after
wadng through whole lot OF stuff, re-
sorts to an inconsistent, but familiar,
argument, the whole gist OF which is
summed up in his own language:
"Then comes in the fact that blood is
thicker than water which makes IL unnatural
and improbable that the young Mormons
should turn against their fathers ana
mothers and enroll themselves in the ranks
of those who are waging unholy warfare
against honored and loved parents
Whew, what a chestnut! While it is
fact that "blood is thicker than water"
it is not true that blood is thicker than
principles The idea that for young
man to differ with his parents in Utah 10
to commit an objectionable sin, has too
long been welded over the young men
here to keep them in the rank and file OF
the church.
How false and how absurd is the
statement OF t Herald that it is 'un-
natural and in JOable that the young
Mormons ST. Id turn against their
fathers and mothers !" They are turn
ing against their fathers and
mother" is, differing with them
in religious and political opinions,
every day. Thee are few who take this
stand, it is true, but that few are u
greater number than the Mormon press
and priests are willing and honest enough
to admit. And why should the young
men of Utah not differ with their
! l.. a Il IT,,
land or Denmark, or any part OF the
United States, that a young man may
not or cannot have other ideas than
! tainiy not. Then will the Herald man
please arise and explain, from his stand
| point oil view, what right the foreign ele-
ment OF the Church of Jesus Christ OF
Latter-days had to turn against their
from whence they came? There are in
this Territory
THoUsANDs'oF MEN AND WOMEN,
Who, in their native lands, accepted the
doctrines OF Mormonism in preference to
the time-honored teachings OF their par
ents, and against their advice and protes-
tations, they babe farewell forever to their
living relations, and in reverence and
sorrow visited for the last time the graves
of dead kindred, and with heavy hearts
and tear-bedimmed eyes, sailed from theil
native land to the wilds of the West
ern World. But now, when ideas clash
and young men would choose
for themselves, these very people-hav-
ing sacrificed so much for what they con.
sidered principles sake have grown Sc
intolerant that they charge young mer
with unnatural feelings and ingratitudt
when they choose to change the ideas o
their fathers for new and better princi
pies Out upon such hypocrisy anC
sophistryl The proposition stiles free
dom OF thought, and puts all newly ad
vanced ideas at Il standstill.
II the Herald had honestly told thu
young men of the Mormon Church t.
investigate, not only the principles o
their church and party, but those o
other churches and parties; to read the
leading journals OF the day and the
best books on political and relig
ious thought, and then to choose
not between blood and water, bu
between priesthood and principle, he
would have followed his own sense o
fairness and received the commenda
ton of all honest men. Such a cours,
would be justice tothe benighted younl
people OF Utah. But that he does not do
The hireling is like his masters VIII
have never yet advised young Utah t
make choice OF any kind, but simply
LIKE JAY-BIRDs
In their nests, to open their mouths ant
swallow whatever their parents pleased
to put in. The choice for young Nor
mons to make is not between ideas
opinions, intelligence and principles
but between these and blood, blood
relations, blood-atonement, polygamy
priestcraft, poverty, mental slave
ry, and the divine right 10
the Church to dictate in temporal as vel
as spiritual affairs" Sauirm which wa,
you will, Mr. Man OF the Herald, that il
| what Young " Il has to choose from.
| In closing, 90 word to the young mel
and young omen OF this priest-rule,
Territory. Be no longer deceived by tn
insiduous twaddle OF such insincere pee
pie as the HeraM editor. Read, thin
and act ior yourselves. Be bold an,
brave. Have the courage OF your convic
tons. Make your influence and invidu
atty felt in shaping the destiny OF Utah
and when any miscreant is base enough
to insult you with such mputations a
the HerdLd man writes this mornin!
when he says there are young men VIII
are branding their pure and virtuou
mothers as prostitutes" show by you
daily walk and conversation before youl
friends and the public that he wilfully
and malciOusly lies. A. b. t.
GwAl nw rLIC